Greenberg Traurig LLP

Labor & Employment

Shareholder

James M. Nelson is Co-Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation group and Chair of the Sacramento office’s Labor & Employment Practice. He represents employers and ERISA plan fiduciaries in matters concerning ERISA compliance, fiduciary responsibility, collective bargaining, wage and hour, employee benefits, safety, discrimination, wrongful termination, and other labor and employment issues. His experience includes complex litigation, class action defense, administrative proceedings, and appeals, as well as advice and counseling to ERISA plan fiduciaries of single-employer and multi-employer plans. He counsels clients on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) matters including litigation as well as compliance, due diligence reviews, and safety and health audits. James has counseled clients in numerous industries, including construction, transportation, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, and publishing.

ConcentrationsComplex labor and employment litigationLabor and employment advice and counsellingERISA litigationCollective bargainingWage and hour litigationAlternative WorkForce and Independent contractor misclassification issues

CapabilitiesTrial Practice Labor & Employment Benefits & Compensation Litigation Class Action Litigation ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation OSHA Trade Secrets

Admission to PracticeArizonaCaliforniaWashingtonSupreme Court of the United StatesU.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitU.S. District Court for the District of ArizonaU.S. District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of CaliforniaU.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaU.S. District Court for the Southern District of CaliforniaU.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

English

J.D., University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 1981 Co-Founder and First Comment and Note Editor, Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law Legislative Intern, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1981 B.A., University of Arizona, 1979